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16 Oct 2024 | Min Jie Yaw
Malaysia has set its crude palm oil (CPO) reference price for October at 3,949.73 ringgit ($920) per tonne, according to a circular issued by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) on Wednesday October 16.
16 Oct 2024 | Yana Sukharska
Egypt’s state-backed General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has awarded a buy tender of sunflower oil to Viterra, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 16.
15 Oct 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
US corn crop and soybean harvest progress remained above the five-year averages in the week to Sunday October 13, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Tuesday October 15.
15 Oct 2024 | Masha Belikova
The Russian Union of Grain Exporters (Rusgrain Union) will start publishing the recommended export prices for wheat, according to a note on the union's official Telegram Messenger channel, seen on Tuesday October 15.
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Wheat Commentary
6 hours ago
US and European wheat futures advanced on Thursday October 17 amid concern about dry weather conditions as winter wheat planting progresses in both the US and the Black Sea region.
Corn Commentary
7 hours ago
US corn futures advanced for a second day on Thursday October 17 after the US Department of Agriculture announced the latest in a series of flash sales, signaling robust demand for the country’s production.
Soybean Commentary
6 hours ago
Soybean futures were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday October 17, with bullish derived products despite still being under pressure from improved weather conditions for planting in Brazil and external markets.
Vegoils Commentary
5 hours ago
Vegoils futures in Asia fell on Thursday October 17 partly because of profit-taking, while technical buying supported soyoil futures in Chicago.

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11 Oct 2024 | Marcela Caetano
The US Department of Agriculture has slightly reduced its estimate for US soybean production, missing market expectations, while keeping ending stocks in 2024/25 unchanged, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report showed on Friday October 11.
11 Oct 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA reduced its estimates for US wheat stocks and production for the 2024/25 marketing year, while slightly increasing its expectations for global ending stocks as lower demand and higher beginning stocks forecasts outweighed an output decline.
11 Oct 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
Corn production for 2024/25 was forecast to be 17.0 million bushels higher than last month's estimate, at 15.2 billion bu (386.18 million tonnes), with 183.8 bu per acre estimated, according to the USDA's October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update released on Friday October 11.
11 Oct 2024 | Eduardo Tinti
US and global balance sheets remained mostly unchanged for soybean and downstream soy products in the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) monthly update released on Friday October 11, but futures across the complex fell after the release.
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11 Oct 2024 | Mark Shenk
Investors in the US corn and soybean markets, as well as in two of three wheat contracts, reduced net short positions in the week to Tuesday October 8, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday October 11.
11 Oct 2024 | Masha Belikova
Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting with Russian grain exporters on Friday October 11 and supported a push for direct export sales, “bypassing traders and intermediaries from other countries,” the Russian Union of Grain Exporters (Rusgrain Union) said on its official channel on Telegram Messenger on the same day.
11 Oct 2024 | Mark Shenk
The USDA reduced its estimates for US wheat stocks and production for the 2024/25 marketing year, while slightly increasing its expectations for global ending stocks as lower demand and higher beginning stocks forecasts outweighed an output decline.
11 Oct 2024 | Eduardo Tinti
US and global balance sheets remained mostly unchanged for soybean and downstream soy products in the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) monthly update released on Friday October 11, but futures across the complex fell after the release.
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4 hours ago | Victor Gusmao
Sales of Argentine soybeans were mixed across marketing years, while corn and wheat sales stepped back in the week to October 9, according to data released by Argentina’s agriculture secretariat on Wednesday October 16.
5 hours ago | Marcela Caetano
Corn and sunflower sowing and wheat crop conditions improved in the week to October 16 amid significant rain reported in the past few days, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE) weekly crop report published on Thursday October 17 showed.
7 hours ago
Forecasts in the United States and Canada call for rainfall and cooler temperatures in the week beginning Thursday October 17, with these conditions expected to support the growth of corn, soybean and wheat crops.
9 hours ago | Misha Simonovska
US weekly ethanol production increased by 4,000 barrels per day to 1.042 million bpd in the week to Friday October 11, according to data published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday October 17.
9 hours ago | Agricensus staff
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9 hours ago | Marcela Caetano
The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove) increased its 2024 estimates for soymeal and soyoil exports to 22.1 million tonnes and 1.3 million tonnes respectively, while also projecting an increase in soybean imports for the year, its monthly report showed on Thursday October 17.
11 hours ago | Yana Sukharska
The Ukrainian corn crop harvest advanced by 10 percentage points to 59% complete in the week ended Thursday October 17, exceeding 13.18 million tonnes, according to data from the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
12 hours ago | Yana Sukharska
Weekly exports of Ukrainian sunflower oil doubled in the week ending October 16 compared to the previous reporting week, while exports of other oilseeds and processed products also increased, according to official data from the country’s State Customs Service released on Thursday October 17.
13 hours ago | Sam Balf
Just 25,716 tonnes of milling wheat was exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday October 16, according to data released by French port operator Haropa.